Los Angeles, California-AP) June 26, 2005 - Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, children's television show host and long-time voice behind Tigger in animated versions of "Winnie the Pooh," has died. He was 82.
Burt Du Brow, a television producer and close family friend, tells the Los Angeles Times that Winchell died early Friday morning in his sleep at his home in Moorpark, California. Winchell parlayed his talent for creating countless voices over six decades. But he was perhaps best known for his work as the voice of the lovable animated tiger created by AA Milne. Before he began working on cartoons, Winchell started his career as a ventriloquist. He eventually brought dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smith to life on television. Winchell was also an inventor who held 30 patents, including one for an early artificial heart he built in 1963. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3521964 Tracey deMorsella, Managing Producer Convergence Media, Inc. Home of The Multicultural Advantage Phone: 215-849-0946 E-mail: tdemorsella @multiculturaladvantage.com http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/2005 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
